Guilty: A Short Story

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Nicole was a student at Holy Heart High School. She spent most of her time smoking weed, selling drugs, and bullying other students. One of those students was Jessica Hayward.

Jessica was very popular. She was in the school choir, she was a cheerleader, and she was very nice to everybody. But Nicole always bullied her. Jessica wasn't obese, she was just slightly overweight.

One day, Jessica was putting books in her locker. Jessica was recording a video on her phone.

"Here is one example of the fat epidemic that plagues the province of Newfoundland and Labrador," Nicole said. "Jessica, you're a cheerleader! So why are you so fat? Is it because fat people have no self-control?"

"What the fuck are you doing?" Jessica asked.

"I'm doing a …show more content…

People of the jury, how do you find the defendant?"

"Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" The Jury chanted.

"You're Honor, this is no trial," Nicole said. "Where's my defense?"

"Your lawyer couldn't find anybody to defend you," The Judge said.

"Who's my lawyer?"

"You!"

"Oh shit!"

"Guilty. Guilty. Guilty." Everybody in the Gym slowly joined in on the chant. The chants became louder and louder; faster and faster!

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Nicole screamed.

Suddenly, everybody disappeared, and the gym exploded. Nicole wasn't injured. But she was trapped in the gym because of the fire. The flames filled Nicole's lungs, and the continuous buzzing of the fire alarm pierced through her ears.

But the gym went back to normal. There was no fire and no makeshift courtroom. It was as if nothing happened.

Nicole quickly made her way to one of the gym's emergency exists. Before she opened the door, she heard singing from a distance. It almost sounded like a female opera singer.

"Ah, no," Nicole said to herself. "I'm not gonna stick around to find out what that is." Nicole opened the door.

To this day, Nicole couldn't explain what happened. But she never wanted to go through that again. So she had never picked on anybody ever

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